Cucumber Reports (no 4453) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4453	16 Jun 2026, 19:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:20.595	Passed

20.590

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.018

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.023

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.121

When the network is plugged 0.024

And I successfully configure Tor 13.404

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.039

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

22.911

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.029

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.041

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.490

When the network is plugged 0.026

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.320

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.746

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.273

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.195

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

23.576

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.085

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.221

And I capture all network traffic 0.019

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.696

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 11.147

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.888

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.051

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.446

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

56.785

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.031

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.032

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.296

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.237

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 48.501

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.744

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.063

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

1:2.019

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.540

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 1.499

And I warm reboot the computer 0.006

And the computer reboots Tails 52.136

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.836

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.092

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

36.065

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given a computer 0.222

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.041

And I start the computer 0.884

And the computer boots Tails 34.653

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.263

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.069

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

27.915

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.960

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.142

When the network is plugged 0.020

And I successfully configure Tor 19.746

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

58.004

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.042

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.340

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.221

And all notifications have disappeared 3.496

And I capture all network traffic 0.020

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.068

And the network is plugged 0.016

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.288

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.633

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.295

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 16.022

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.939

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.409

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.105

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.632

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.412

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.102

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

54.668

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.071

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.517

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.313

And all notifications have disappeared 3.363

And I capture all network traffic 0.018

And the network is plugged 0.015

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 2.373

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 4.507

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.221

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.471

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.825

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.479

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.334

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.109

Then I wait until Tor is ready 6.403

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.350

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.071

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.290

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

18.058

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.021

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.749

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.148

And the network is plugged 0.020

And Tor is ready 8.592

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.519

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.027

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.359

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	6:20.595	Passed

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